Plant setter



Jan. 5 1926.

s.v P. WRIGHT PLANT SETTER l Filed July 21, 1924 @Chor nu Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

messe@ UNITED STATES PATENT oEEicE.A

SAMUEL r. weleer, or FRANKLIMKENTUCKY. i

PLANT SETTER.

application filed July 2i, 1924. serieu No. 727,275.

out youngplants and its object is to" provide a simple implement whereby holes to rejceive the plants may be easily formed in the ground and waterk supplied so that-the plants may be set out in dry weather yand will quickly .take root. The invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawing is provided in a tank or reservoir 15 which and consists in certainnovel features which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

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Figure 1 is an elevation yof my improved device; Y Fg. Sis averticalsection of the same, and

Eig. 3 isfa vertical section showing a second embodiment of the invention.

In carrying outvmyinvention, I employ a tubular body 1k which is tapered at its lower end, as shown at 2, whereby it forms a'point which willreadily enter the ground. `Open. ings 8 lare, formed in thelower portion of the tubeoso as to4 permit water whichpis supplied thereto to readily flow out and enter the ground and supply the moisture( 'necessary to maintain life in the young plants. The upper end of the tube is closed )y a plug 4 fitted snugly therein and secured "1n place by a screw 5 or other fastening device inserted through the wall of the tube into the plug in an obvious manner, the tube being provided with an inlet opening donned by a nipple 6 and the plug having a passage 7 formed in its lower end to aline axially with the nipple and extend there- Lfrom through the lower end of the plug,l

as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The plug may i be provided at its upper extremity with a lateral handle 8 of any approved form whereby .it may be easily held in the hand of the user and through the upper portion ofthe plug is formed a longitudinal passage 9 which opens at its lower end into the passage 7 and is expanded at its upper end, as shown at 10. A valve stem 11 is fitted slidably through the passage 9 and -its closely but easily therein, the stem extending through the passage 7 to a point below the saine Z and also upwardly through the en:

larged bore 10l at the upper end of the passage, as clearly shown. ,A disk valve 12 is secured upon the lower 'end of the stem l1 and is adapted to seat 'against thelower.

end O-theplug so as to close the passage 7 land thereby normally cut oi7 the How of water into the tubular body 1. The upper extremity of the stem` l1 is equipped with a knob or other handle member 13 and be-k tween the said handle member and the shoulder defined bythe lower end of the bore 10 a spring 1li is coiled around the stem, thev ,said 'spring vbeing normally expanded so as tochold the valvevlQ in its closed position, asv shown in Fig. 2. l y

In the use of the device, a supply of water may be of any convenient form and is illustrat'ed conventionally in Fig. 1 as a watering cart, a hose 16 being utilized to connect ythe outlet of the tank with the nipple 6 of' the'plant setter.' The hose 16 maybe of any desired or convenient Vlength so that l the water supply may be temporarily held at one point in the field and the plant setter carried from .hill to hill successively within the range of the hose so as to'eiiect the transplanting operation.l The plant setting is started at a point remote from the point where the water supply is stationed and is performed through the rows of hills successively until all the rows within the limitv of the hose have been planted and the implement has reached a point immediately adjacent the tank or other form of reservoir. The cart is then driven to another point in the lield so that the plant setting may be continued. .ln setting out the plants.v the tubular body l is forced into the ground at the point where the plant is to be set and simultaneously with the entering of the tube the valve may be opened to admit a flow of water into the same. As the point of the tube descends in the ground, a hole will obvi ously be formed and the water will, of course, penetrate the walls ot the hole. VVheu a sufiicient supply of water has been permitted to flow into the hole, the tool is withdrawn, the flow of water being out ofi", and the plant is placed in the hole and the loose earth filled in around the roots in the usual manner. Of course, the valve may remain seated until the point of the tool has penetrated the ground to the desired depth, after which pressure may be put upon the .knob .13 t@ unseat the faire edm-@ l trated in Fig. 3

water. Immediately, upon, release of the pressure, the spring 14 will expand and return the valve to its seated position so as to cut off the How.

The embodiment of the invention illuscorresponds in all respects to the previously described form except that a somewhat different form of valve is employed. In this arrangement, the valve consists of' a tubular stem 17 having a port 18 in one side' adapted to registerwith the inlet passage 7 of the plug 4, when thevalve is depressed, the lower end'of the stem being open so as to permit escape of the water into the tubular body 1. As shown in Fig. 3, a spring 19 isV provided around the upper portion of the tubular valve 17 `rto hold it normally raised, in which position the port 18 will be above the inlet 7 vand vthe, body of they stem or valve will extend across the said port to cut ofi' the inflow ofiwater. To limit the upward closing inoven'ient of the valve and prevent it being thrown entirely from the plug by the force of. the spring 1,9, a stop collar 2O may bel fitted upon the lower end of the valve to abut thel lower end of theA plug, as will be understood. When the flow of water is tobe-set up, slight pressure is exerted upon the upper endof the valve againstf-he tension of' the` springr 19 so that the valveA willbe depressed and on the knob 22 and plays in a guide passage 23 provided Vin the plug 4,

1t will be readily noted from the foregoing description. taken in .connection with the accompanying drawing, that, I haveprovided an exceedingly, simple, device whichmaylbe easily manipulatedfaindby theuse of .vhichyoung plantsmayY be set outnotwithstandingA unifayoralole., weather. conditions,

within the body andnormally preventing C outflow through the passage of the said plug and having its stem passing through the, plug, and a spring coiled. about the stem of the valve-amil seated within the. plug and normally holding the valve in close-d positionV 2. An implement for forming, plant-receiving openings and supplying moisture thereto, the sameconiprising aytubular, body pointed at its lower yend andv having discharge openings in the` sides of the point, and having a lateral inlet in a side near its upper end, a plug fitted within the upper portion of the body and having a passage 1n communication with the said inlet, and:y

having an axial openingwhich is enlarged at its upper end,y said plug projecting beyond the body and terminating in a lateral extension formingl a handle, a, valve for controlling the outflow through thefpassage of the plug and having a portion. extendingl through the passage and axial opening of the plug, and terminatingin a pressure knob, and a spring within the enlargementy of the axial opening and coiled about the portion of the valve passing therethrough and confined between the.v bottom of said enlargement and the knob of'ithe valve.

In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature.

SAMUEL l?. WRIGHT. [L s] 

